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A big GOP frontman seems to have changed his tune on climate change. Sen. John Thune (R-SD), chair of the Senate Republican Conference, admitted in an Fox News interview on Sunday that human activity has likely caused some climate changes.

A new note from Alliance Bernstein's Hugh Wynne and Francois Broquin asks at what price you're willing to pay to convert the country's power generators to renewables. At the current rate, they write, we are now on a "national kamikaze mission." According to their calculations, America's renewables surge — of which we've recently turned up our coverage — is actually costing American consumers $50 to $80 per Megawatt hour.

Yves here. Most readers probably know James Kwak well from the Baseline Scenario blog and the book he co-authored with Simon Johnson, 13 Bankers. The interview covers a wide range of topics, and produces a compendium of slightly left-leaning conventional wisdom (albeit with some clever framing).
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